For people who attended Crawford High School or would have attended if they hadn't
moved -- or just have fond memories of San Diego in the '40s, '50s and '60s.

Check out the Crawford High web site.

Friday, March 15, 2024

March 15, 2024




And steer clear of Green Beer!  Other than that, have a nice weekend.



I'm guessing this is one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse



Wait -- what?  This train is on its way to Tijuana?  AND you can go see the original locomotive at the train museum in Campo.  Click HERE for all the details.



Tom Isom shares this photo of Maine Street in Lakeside around 1950.  I can't tell if it's a color photo or a photo that Tom has colorized.  Maybe it doesn't matter.  Click HERE to see an enlargement.



Here's an advertisement from the March 16, 1973 Pacer.  Baker's must have been after my time at Crawford, and appears to have been located near Sheng How Lo Chinese Restaurant on 58th and University.  Click HERE to peruse all four pages of the student newspaper.



The Cougar Times piece about the Bergquist twins, one of whom taught PE at Horace Mann, got Sherri McCormack Burch thinking about the Flag Football game that Rose Bergquist invented.  Click HERE to take another look at the school paper and Sherri's query.



Judy Hughes ’65 died peacefully with her husband Joe by her side at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, VA.  She was born in San Diego, the daughter of the late Dr. J. Ralph Hughes and Geraldine Hughes.  Judy was working for the City of San Diego when she met her future spouse, Joseph Michael LoPresti, Jr, a Navy helicopter pilot.  Judy and Joe were married on July 31, 1976.  After numerous moves with the Navy, they settled in Burke, Virginia, where Judy completed her degree in Marketing at George Mason University.  Judy was the quintessential California girl who loved being outdoors. She particularly loved the beach and playing golf with her husband.   Her death was reported in the San Diego Union-Tribune on March 14, 2024.